About Chauncey Alcorn

Chauncey Alcorn is a freelance writer for theGrio who lives in the Atlanta metro area. He previously wrote for CNN, the Daily Mail, Mic, Fortune, and the New York Daily News among other major publications.

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People Protest The Police Killing Of Amir Locke In Minneapolis
February 8, 2022
A coalition of Black women and mothers called for the officer who fatally shot Amir Locke to be fired along with the city’s interim…
Glenn Youngkin thegrio.com
February 8, 2022
Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin expressed remorse on Monday over his campaign team lashing out at a high school student.
Confederate statue thegrio.com
February 7, 2022
City officials in Virginia have tasked the leaders of their local Black History Museum & Cultural Center with deciding the fate of statues.
REVOLT Summit x AT
February 7, 2022
‘I am thrilled to officially announce that I have joined [CNN] as a political commentator’ Bottoms tweeted Monday morning.
Nekima Levy Armstrong thegrio.com
February 7, 2022
Civil rights attorney and activist Nekima Levy Armstrong told theGrio she is outraged by what she feels is a coverup in Amir Locke’s death.
House Oversight Committee Holds Hearing On Accessing Election Audit In Arizona
February 6, 2022
Eleanor Holmes Norton and Cory Booker announced a proposed bill that Norton said may give descendants of Black Union troops their just due.
February 6, 2022
Wendy Williams’ troubles have continued to mount as the media personality looks to gain access to a bank account holding a large sum of cash.
February 6, 2022
The Texas-based company expects to have 25,000 people attend its Black History Month market events this year.
February 6, 2022
A $1.1 million contract makes Washington Spirit forward Trinity Rodman, 19, the highest-paid player in National Women’s Soccer League history.
February 5, 2022
Star Jones, donning red, appeared on “The View” Friday for the first time since she left the ABC show in 2006.
Two NYPD Officers Shot In Harlem
February 5, 2022
New York City Mayor Eric Adams apologized on Friday for referring to white NYPD officers as “crackers” more than two years ago.
February 5, 2022
Crawford County Coroner Darren Dake previously said on Facebook that Black Lives Matter and the Ku Klux Klan are “the same racist coin.”
February 2, 2022
The FBI has identified six persons of interest in connection with their investigation into a series of bomb threats against HBCUs.
Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke Sentenced In Shooting Death Laquan McDonald
February 2, 2022
‘They should be ashamed that they have allowed this to happen,’ U.S. Congressional candidate Kina Collins told theGrio.
February 2, 2022
Former Dolphins head coach Brian Flores appeared on ESPN today to talk about his class-action suit against the league.
Grambling v California
February 2, 2022
Urban Edge Networks and Athlyt committed to providing income for all Grambling State scholarship athletes in conjunction with the NIL deal.
February 1, 2022
Homicide detectives are still investigating what happened to the late 25-year-old.
February 1, 2022
At least 13 HBCUs reported receiving bomb threats Tuesday morning — on the first day of Black History Month.
Jen Psaki thegrio.com
January 31, 2022
President Joe Biden has been informed of the bomb threats made at a group of HBCUs for the second time in less than month.
2019 NBA All-Star Game
January 31, 2022
Iverson was visibly moved over the weekend when a fan asked him to sign a poster of him standing on the court with the late Kobe Bryant.